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ASIC issues $257,000 penalty for home-appliance franchise

A Queensland-based home-appliance rental franchise has been ordered to pay more $250,000 following an investigation from...

Penalty rate win for casual retail workers

Retail, fast-food and warehousing union, the SDA has announced a major win for over 350,000 casual workers in the retail...

What franchisors need to know about the consumer law penalty increase

New legislation recommending an increase in maximum financial penalties for beaches of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL)...

Penalty rate cuts look set to stay

A plan to overturn penalty rate cuts appears to have failed after Nationals MP George Christensen decided not to support...

Franchisors face tough penalties for franchisee misconduct

The risk of franchisors facing tougher penalties for deliberate and systematic underpayment of workers gets one step clo...

No penalty rates paid at KFC but workers no worse off

Fast food giant KFC believes its workers are not disadvantaged despite a workplace agreement that doesn't provide for pe...

Avoid financial penalties, update your disclosure document now

It’s time! Franchisors, don’t forget to update your disclosure document for the financial year ending 30 June 2017. You ...